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The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker Paperback / softback -

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

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  • Title The Nutcracker
  • Author E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dover Publications
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780486826646
  • ISBN 9780486826646 / 0486826643
  • Weight 0.14 lbs (0.06 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.3 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 0.76 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 640
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Christmas, Fairy tales
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018013130
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 10

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From the publisher

This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's popular ballet, but Hoffmann's holiday legend is where the spell begins. Here is the original tale of seven-year-old Marie and her beloved Nutcracker, beset by a dark mystery that surrounds this story within a story.
Godpapa Drosselmeier, who once served as the royal court's inventor, recounts to Marie a tale of the trickery of Dame Mouserink, the Queen of Mice. The vengeful queen casts a curse on an innocent princess, forcing Drosselmeier to undertake an arduous quest to break the spell. His mixed success leads to the lasting enmity between the Nutcracker and seven-headed Mouse-King -- Dame Mouserink's son -- a conflict that only Marie can help resolve.
One of the world's greatest fantasy writers and a major figure in late German Romanticism, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) created extraordinary works of poetry and supernatural fiction. In tales like The Nutcracker, Hoffmann's characters come to vivid life in settings that move from the firm ground of reality to a world of enchantment, mystery, and romance.

About the author

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) replaced his third name, Wilhelm, with Amadeus in homage to Mozart. A towering figure of German Romanticism, Hoffmann was a composer, music critic, theater director, draftsman, and caricaturist as well as a writer. Although his stories challenged readers to free their minds from the conventions of reality, Hoffmann accepted the practical constraints of everyday life, training as a lawyer and serving as a judge.

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